Jakob Snoeink
@jakobsno.bsky.social
Planetary Climate Scientist. Interested in interactions of clouds, circulation, radiation, and climate. Earth and beyond.
Currently studying low cloud feedbacks @UHamburg & IMPRS-ESM/MPI-M
Currently studying low cloud feedbacks @UHamburg & IMPRS-ESM/MPI-M
🌎📆‼️ Are you exploring climate across Earth and other planets? Then our EGU session is for you. We aim to bring together experts to discuss the fundamental physics of climate.
Planetary Climates: From Earth to other Planets
Conveners: Me, Daniel Koll, Mei Ting Mak, @tadkomacek.bsky.social , Mike Way
Planetary Climates: From Earth to other Planets
Conveners: Me, Daniel Koll, Mei Ting Mak, @tadkomacek.bsky.social , Mike Way
Session PS5.3
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
October 28, 2026 at 6:54 AM
🌎📆‼️ Are you exploring climate across Earth and other planets? Then our EGU session is for you. We aim to bring together experts to discuss the fundamental physics of climate.
Planetary Climates: From Earth to other Planets
Conveners: Me, Daniel Koll, Mei Ting Mak, @tadkomacek.bsky.social , Mike Way
Planetary Climates: From Earth to other Planets
Conveners: Me, Daniel Koll, Mei Ting Mak, @tadkomacek.bsky.social , Mike Way
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Calling all Exoplanets folk! MIT has an opening for a new tenure track assistant professorship in planetary sciences. This is a unique opportunity to help build a new future of exoplanet research at MIT. Applications close Oct 15. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32450
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Job #AJO32450, Faculty Position in Planetary Science, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Calling all Exoplanets folk! MIT has an opening for a new tenure track assistant professorship in planetary sciences. This is a unique opportunity to help build a new future of exoplanet research at MIT. Applications close Oct 15. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32450
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*8* postdoctoral positions in atmospheric physics, from the Earth to Exoplanets:
aas.org/jobregister/...
This is part of the Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, led by Prof. @astrocaroline.bsky.social!
aas.org/jobregister/...
This is part of the Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, led by Prof. @astrocaroline.bsky.social!
Postdoctoral Researchers — Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres | American Astronomical Society
The Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, is seeking 8 postdoctoral researchers to develop new approaches to understanding clouds ac...
aas.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
*8* postdoctoral positions in atmospheric physics, from the Earth to Exoplanets:
aas.org/jobregister/...
This is part of the Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, led by Prof. @astrocaroline.bsky.social!
aas.org/jobregister/...
This is part of the Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, led by Prof. @astrocaroline.bsky.social!
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From @evannelles.bsky.social: Lots of people, and even planets, exist in a state of disequilibrium every day. Now, let us be mindful of one such example: the exoplanet WASP-39b. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/07/20/a-meditation-on-the-chemistry-of-wasp-39b/
A Meditation on the Chemistry of WASP-39b
If you’re feeling off balance due to something outside of your control, it’s not a bad idea to take some time to relax and find your equilibrium once again. You might even try meditation or yoga. But ...
astrobites.org
July 28, 2026 at 11:24 PM
From @evannelles.bsky.social: Lots of people, and even planets, exist in a state of disequilibrium every day. Now, let us be mindful of one such example: the exoplanet WASP-39b. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/07/20/a-meditation-on-the-chemistry-of-wasp-39b/
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If you would like to work with me at MIT, please consider applying for a 51 Peg b fellowship. Applications are now open, closing Oct. 1 www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...
51 Pegasi b Fellowship
The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides exceptional postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
www.hsfoundation.org
July 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
If you would like to work with me at MIT, please consider applying for a 51 Peg b fellowship. Applications are now open, closing Oct. 1 www.hsfoundation.org/programs/sci...
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It feels like exoplanet researchers, more than anyone else in astronomy, should understand the impact of carbon dioxide on the atmosphere.
July 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It feels like exoplanet researchers, more than anyone else in astronomy, should understand the impact of carbon dioxide on the atmosphere.
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Great opportunities here!
18 PhD Positions And 6 Postdoc Positions In Planetary Habitability
Collaborative Research Center (CRC) SFB 1759
astrobiology.com/2026/06/18-p... #astrobiology #exoplanet
Collaborative Research Center (CRC) SFB 1759
astrobiology.com/2026/06/18-p... #astrobiology #exoplanet
18 PhD Positions And 6 Postdoc Positions In Planetary Habitability - Astrobiology
Habitability as a fundamental planetary process: Towards a paradigm shift away from our perception of the uniqueness of Earth
astrobiology.com
June 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Great opportunities here!
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🚨 Help us spread the word!
@rshivpriyam.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding the drivers of current trends in Earth’s Energy Imbalance and what they mean for future climate.
DMs open for questions.
@rshivpriyam.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding the drivers of current trends in Earth’s Energy Imbalance and what they mean for future climate.
DMs open for questions.
We are hiring a postdoc to research Earth's Energy Imbalance using Earth system model simulations and satellite observations. I appreciate anyone spreading the word!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Earth’s Energy Imbalance
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Earth’s Energy Imbalance Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The Department of Climate, Mete...
docs.google.com
June 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM
🚨 Help us spread the word!
@rshivpriyam.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding the drivers of current trends in Earth’s Energy Imbalance and what they mean for future climate.
DMs open for questions.
@rshivpriyam.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to work on understanding the drivers of current trends in Earth’s Energy Imbalance and what they mean for future climate.
DMs open for questions.
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Hello! We have a very-off-cycle postdoc fellowship at UC Santa Cruz. Open to any area of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Applications are due July 15th. It is funded by the Moore Foundation. Looking for someone to start Oct 1, 2026 (!, approx), see details below.
aas.org/jobregister/...
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | American Astronomical Society
The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship position at the University of California, Santa Cruz, funded by the Moore Foundation. The searc...
aas.org
June 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hello! We have a very-off-cycle postdoc fellowship at UC Santa Cruz. Open to any area of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Applications are due July 15th. It is funded by the Moore Foundation. Looking for someone to start Oct 1, 2026 (!, approx), see details below.
aas.org/jobregister/...
aas.org/jobregister/...
If you’re not aware of it, please consider watching this livestream + taking action to protect the outstanding science and institutions such as NSF NCAR that are so valuable to society:
wclivestream.com/act/
Now is the time to speak up and protect this public good for future generations!
wclivestream.com/act/
Now is the time to speak up and protect this public good for future generations!
June 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
If you’re not aware of it, please consider watching this livestream + taking action to protect the outstanding science and institutions such as NSF NCAR that are so valuable to society:
wclivestream.com/act/
Now is the time to speak up and protect this public good for future generations!
wclivestream.com/act/
Now is the time to speak up and protect this public good for future generations!
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The Livestream is in its second of 2 days, it has been amazing! Tune in to a continuous science-a-thon with great talks by brilliant scientists, hosted by other brilliant scientists. Plenty of audience Q&A. It's a really unique thing, actually. It'll be a document for history books.
We're starting in 20 minutes! Our opening lineup includes:
@adamsobel.bsky.social
Jen Kay (UC Boulder)
@zacklabe.com
@ametsoc.org
@drjeffmasters.bsky.social
@solilyquy.bsky.social
Nadir Jeevanjee (NOAA GFDL)
Abby Swann (UW)
Join us here: wclivestream.com/watch
@adamsobel.bsky.social
Jen Kay (UC Boulder)
@zacklabe.com
@ametsoc.org
@drjeffmasters.bsky.social
@solilyquy.bsky.social
Nadir Jeevanjee (NOAA GFDL)
Abby Swann (UW)
Join us here: wclivestream.com/watch
🚨 We begin our 50-hour broadcast today at 4pm 🚨
It's a showcase of incredible people and their phenomenal work- a celebration of the scientific community 🧪, defined broadly
Use this link to subscribe to our YouTube channel and you'll get notified when we're live: wclivestream.com/watch
It's a showcase of incredible people and their phenomenal work- a celebration of the scientific community 🧪, defined broadly
Use this link to subscribe to our YouTube channel and you'll get notified when we're live: wclivestream.com/watch
June 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The Livestream is in its second of 2 days, it has been amazing! Tune in to a continuous science-a-thon with great talks by brilliant scientists, hosted by other brilliant scientists. Plenty of audience Q&A. It's a really unique thing, actually. It'll be a document for history books.
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🎉 🎉🎉 We are LIVE!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
June 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🎉 🎉🎉 We are LIVE!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
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We still have 50 open speaking slots at this event!
We need YOU to make this event a success:
Go to wclivestream.com/speak to sign up!
We need YOU to make this event a success:
Go to wclivestream.com/speak to sign up!
🚨 The Weather and Climate Livestream is back, June 1st - 3rd 2026!! We're streaming 50 hours for our future in the face of a new round of proposed budget cuts and attacks on science. Want to speak at the event? wclivestream.com/volunteer/
May 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We still have 50 open speaking slots at this event!
We need YOU to make this event a success:
Go to wclivestream.com/speak to sign up!
We need YOU to make this event a success:
Go to wclivestream.com/speak to sign up!
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⚒️ Article: Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide
@lamont.columbia.edu
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lamont.columbia.edu
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide - Nature Geoscience
Higher carbon dioxide levels widen the part of the heat spectrum that can emit energy to space, cooling the stratosphere and strengthening the warming effect of this gas, according to idealized spectr...
www.nature.com
May 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Stratospheric cooling and amplification of radiative forcing with rising carbon dioxide
@lamont.columbia.edu
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lamont.columbia.edu
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The cuts are back, but so are we! If you're a US-based scientist working on weather & climate, then we need YOU to help make this event a success!
Please sign up to speak at wclivestream.com/volunteer , and share with your colleagues!
Please sign up to speak at wclivestream.com/volunteer , and share with your colleagues!
🚨 The Weather and Climate Livestream is back, June 1st - 3rd 2026!! We're streaming 50 hours for our future in the face of a new round of proposed budget cuts and attacks on science. Want to speak at the event? wclivestream.com/volunteer/
May 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The cuts are back, but so are we! If you're a US-based scientist working on weather & climate, then we need YOU to help make this event a success!
Please sign up to speak at wclivestream.com/volunteer , and share with your colleagues!
Please sign up to speak at wclivestream.com/volunteer , and share with your colleagues!
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This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
April 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
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Starting 2026 with a bang, our paper is published! 🎉🎉🎉
In it, we explored how polar amplification depends on the underlying climate state, with implications for understanding the past and future evolution of polar climate change!
Enjoy! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423
In it, we explored how polar amplification depends on the underlying climate state, with implications for understanding the past and future evolution of polar climate change!
Enjoy! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Starting 2026 with a bang, our paper is published! 🎉🎉🎉
In it, we explored how polar amplification depends on the underlying climate state, with implications for understanding the past and future evolution of polar climate change!
Enjoy! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423
In it, we explored how polar amplification depends on the underlying climate state, with implications for understanding the past and future evolution of polar climate change!
Enjoy! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118423
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Exoplanet atmosphere characterization is built on a foundation of lab data and chemistry. We need more reaction rates, cross sections, & line lists, at a broader range of conditions than the Solar System. Got together with Earth/planetary scientists to comment on this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to understand exoplanets — space scientists call on lab-based chemists to help
Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, modelling and observational communities, will help to interpret the astronomical da...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Exoplanet atmosphere characterization is built on a foundation of lab data and chemistry. We need more reaction rates, cross sections, & line lists, at a broader range of conditions than the Solar System. Got together with Earth/planetary scientists to comment on this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
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I'm looking for a part-time research assistant to help research and fact-check long form YouTube videos, with an emphasis on climate misinformation campaigns.
If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9.
forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...
If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9.
forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...
forms.gle
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm looking for a part-time research assistant to help research and fact-check long form YouTube videos, with an emphasis on climate misinformation campaigns.
If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9.
forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...
If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9.
forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...
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What are geoengineering and cloud seeding, and what are their implications for future climate mitigation strategies? @karadlamb.bsky.social—research scientist at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social studying aerosols, cloud physics, machine learning—explains: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/07/17/g...
July 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What are geoengineering and cloud seeding, and what are their implications for future climate mitigation strategies? @karadlamb.bsky.social—research scientist at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social studying aerosols, cloud physics, machine learning—explains: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/07/17/g...
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In ~5 years, we as a species are on track to embark on an incredible era of discovery, unlocking the secrets of the planet Venus. The missions @ESA_Envision, DAVINCI, and VERITAS will reveal Venus as we have never seen her before. But why should YOU care about our sister world?
June 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In ~5 years, we as a species are on track to embark on an incredible era of discovery, unlocking the secrets of the planet Venus. The missions @ESA_Envision, DAVINCI, and VERITAS will reveal Venus as we have never seen her before. But why should YOU care about our sister world?
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About that new paper on K2-18b, which headlines with "Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system," evidently prodded by a Cambridge U. press release. arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267 . It's not actually any kind of evidence for life, and here I'll give my take on the paper.
arxiv.org
April 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
About that new paper on K2-18b, which headlines with "Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system," evidently prodded by a Cambridge U. press release. arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12267 . It's not actually any kind of evidence for life, and here I'll give my take on the paper.
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An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪